1. The liberal-populist tendency in Russia.

Its origin from classical, revolutionary populism.

Its characteristic features.

Its decline.

2. Bernsteinianism = a new phase of Western European liberalism up to the date[190]. ("A prophet is not without honor save in his own country.")

3. The rapprochement of liberal-populism and Bernsteinianism. L. in No. 9 (33) of *Osvobozhdeniye* = the formulation and consolidation of liberalism in Russia (idealism, economic reformism, political liberalism).

174 This refers to Bernsteinist literature, to which the author of the article "On the Agrarian Question" appealed in order to confirm his revisionist utterances concerning the "unscientific character of Marxism."

4. The agrarian program of *Osvobozhdeniye*. Solidarity of the editorial board with L. – Comprehensiveness of the program. – Its features (the *obshchina*: renunciation of illusions; the land question – the creation of small farms. (Cf. David.)

5. Comparison of the social-democratic and liberal agrarian programs

* To kindle, to fan the flames. [Editor's note]

6. Bewildered populism.

I. Novobantsev – not one of the clever equilibrists. Populist slogans in his work

What is the point of these slogans?

II. And the Socialist-Revolutionaries? In between (cf. 5. α β, γ): yes – no, yet the substance is the same as that of the liberals (cooperation + socialization).

7. The absence of a program among the Socialist-Revolutionaries. Unprincipled character.

8. Criticism of our program by the Socialist-Revolutionaries.

They do not understand Azov.

(β) Are the allotments sufficient?

(γ) the postponement of social revolution

(δ) rural matters without socialist propaganda.

9. Fathers and children. There is no principled opposition between fathers and children – the only time they spoke the truth!

α. social revolution – only a means, a "conditional concept"

β. neither critics nor orthodox

γ. political freedom = an independent good

δ. the bourgeoisie has no thought of political freedom in our country

ε. the transformation of serf dependence into bourgeois dependence = "Iskra's" socialism

ζ. socio-economic democratism (*Osvobozhdeniye*) and parallels among the Socialist-Revolutionaries.

Two factions of bourgeois democracy.

Written between October 29 and November 6 (November 11 and 18) 1903

First published in 1930 in Lenin Miscellany XV

Printed from the manuscript